I am configuring Kernel 2.6.24, and there is an option under "Generic Driver options" which asks for the path to uevent helper with the default path "/sbin/hotplug"

I don't have /sbin/hotplug. What is supposed to go there?

Thanks in advance!_________________“And even in authoritarian countries, information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable.”– Hillary Clinton, Jan. 21, 2010

Last edited by Etal on Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:41 pm; edited 1 time in total

Thanks, but I don't even have an /etc/hotplug.d which is referenced in your script... Isn't hotplug outdated? _________________“And even in authoritarian countries, information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable.”– Hillary Clinton, Jan. 21, 2010

The kernel creates a process for every event that is send, even when
there is no binary it could execute. We are needlessly creating around
200-300 failing processes during early bootup, until we have the chance
to disable it from userspace.

This change allows us to disable /sbin/hotplug entirely, if you want to,
by setting UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" in the kernel config.

If you don't have /sbin/hotplug, set this to "" to keep the kernel from pointlessly trying to execute it.

The kernel creates a process for every event that is send, even when
there is no binary it could execute. We are needlessly creating around
200-300 failing processes during early bootup, until we have the chance
to disable it from userspace.

This change allows us to disable /sbin/hotplug entirely, if you want to,
by setting UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" in the kernel config.

If you don't have /sbin/hotplug, set this to "" to keep the kernel from pointlessly trying to execute it.

Thank you, chris.c.hogan!_________________“And even in authoritarian countries, information networks are helping people discover new facts and making governments more accountable.”– Hillary Clinton, Jan. 21, 2010

The kernel creates a process for every event that is send, even when
there is no binary it could execute. We are needlessly creating around
200-300 failing processes during early bootup, until we have the chance
to disable it from userspace.

This change allows us to disable /sbin/hotplug entirely, if you want to,
by setting UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="" in the kernel config.

If you don't have /sbin/hotplug, set this to "" to keep the kernel from pointlessly trying to execute it.

Just curious...I'm in the process of upgrading to 2.6.24 and came across this post. I had to manually edit .config to set UEVENT_HELPER_PATH to "", as "make oldconfig" defaults to /sbin/hotplug. Just out of curiosity...is there a way to specify an empty string during make oldconfig when it wants to default to some value?